Man&#39;s undergarment



N. F. DoDsoN 1,712,072

MANS UNDERGARMENT May 7, 1929.

Filed Oct. 29, 192'? Patente'd May 7, 1929. I

UNITED STATES NICHOLAS F. -DODSONfOF DENVER, COLORADO.

` nANs UNDERGARMENT.

Application led October 29, 1927. Serial N`o.` 229,685.

This invention relates to improvements in undergarments or drawersvformen and has reference more particularly, to a garment of this type whichis buttonless.

The object of this invention is to produce an undergarment or drawersthat can be easily put on and which will be comfortable to wear andwhich at the same time shall be so-constructed that there will be nobut.-

tons to become lost.

Itis well known that buttons are very diicult to keep in place, sincethe universal introduction of washing machines 21nd power wringers, asthe wringers very frequently remove the but-tons, and besides this, ithas been found if undergarments are provided with a belt formed in partby sections of elastic material, that they will be more comfortable towear, as they will yield to the requirements of the body and at the sametime lit snugly so as to give a feeling of support and comfort to thewearer. l

My invention, briefiy described, consists 26 in constructing an`undergarment with a belt which has twoor more sections of elasticmaterial incorporated in it, whereby the belt will yield suliciently topermit the garment to be applied and removed and at the same 30 timewill exert suiiicient force to vhold vthe garment in place.

Having thus briefly described myinvention, I will now proceed todescribe the same in detail, and reference for this purpose will be hadto the accompanying drawing in which the preferred embodiment thereofhas been illustrated and in which:

Fig. 1 shows a perspective view of my improved garment as it will appearwhen in place on the wearersbody, the latter b ei in indicated by dotand dash lines;

. Itig. 2 shows a rear view of the garment and illustrates theconstruction in relation to the elastic inserts; A

Fig 3 is a front View of the garment with a small portion broken away toshow a reenforcing lining; and

Fig. 4 is a section taken on line 41-4,

Fig. 2, showing the manner `in which the elastic inserts are secured tothe belt.

In the drawing I have illustrated a pair 'of drawers having legs of kneelength.

These legs have been indicated by referenceo numeral 1 and 2. The upperend of the drawers is provided with a belt, which, in

the embodiment shown, has been lformed of four) sections which have,been numbered respectively 3, 4 and 5, the reference numeral 5 beingapplied to the two inserts of lelastic material which form part of theelt.

It will be observed'fromFig. 1 that the belt section 3 which is locatedat the front of the garment is of considerable width and has adownwardly extending triangular portion 6, which covers the greaterpartof the abdomen. Section 3 terminates at lines 7, Where it is connectedwith one side of the, elastic inserts 5 in the manner indicated in Figs.2 and shown in detail in Fig. 4. The `other sides of the elastic insertsare con nected by means of a belty section 4 which, in the embodimentillustrated, has been shown somewhat narrowerv than the width of theelastic inserts, although this feature of the construction is notconsidered to be material as it is obviously permissible to make thesection 4 wider, if desired. The edges of the elastic 5 are insertedbetween the ends ofthe belt sections 3 and 4 in the manner shown in Fig.4, the ends of the belt sections being turned inwardly and the wholestitched together by means of two rows of stitching 8` In the particulardesign illustrated where the vertical dimension ofthe elastic isgreater. than the width of the belt section 4, a suitable notch must becut out of thev material of the drawers so as to provide the necessaryspace. The material composing the drawers is gathered along the loweredge of the elastics in the manner indicated by reference numeral 9, inFig. 2, so4 that when A the elastics are extended, the seams and thematerial of the drawers will not be subject to strains. As these drawersare constructed in such a way that the belt isf endless, the ordinaryplacket slot has been dispensed with and replaced by a lacket hole 10.The material around the p acket hole has bn reenforced by lining 11 inthe manner shown in Fig. 3. The specific construction of the drawers isnot material, except insofar as this relates to the belt, but mentionmay be made here f the fact that the specific drawers illustrated isformed from two 105 pieces connected by a seam 12 inthe mannerindicatedin Fig. 2.

It is` obvious that a drawers constructed in the mannerdescribed can beeasily ut on andtaken oi as the belt section will' yield 11o suilcientlyto permit it to pass over the hi s and when it is in place, it will tthe bo y snugly and give a sense of support without any unduerestricting effect, such as noticed when an unyielding belt is employed.A drawers constructed in the manner described, in addition to being`more comfortable and. more quickly put on and removed, is also free fromthe aggravating trouble of lost buttons as all buttons and button holeshave beendispensed with.

lt .is obvious that this construction of belt can be applied to othergarments than the one illustrated, and therefore wish to call attentionto the fact that the specific embodiment shown is for the purpose ofillustration and description only,`and that the invention should not berestricted to this garment unis required by the state end of twosubstantially rectangular sections v of elastic webbing, andarectangular belt section connecting the other ends of the web sections,said end forming the back section of the belt.

n testimony whereof ailix my signature.

NICHOLAS F. DODSUN'.

